Jose Alvarez

2 weeks ago | gadgetsmagazine.com.ph | Jose Alvarez |José Álvarez

Has storytelling in games become a lost art? To answer this question, I need to share a little bit more about myself. As a kid, I religiously played Japanese RPGs (JRPGs) due to their amazing storytelling, and thanks to the Internet, I found fans of these games like myself and regularly conversed with them. This became the impetus of wanting to write about games and review them for a living.

3 weeks ago | gadgetsmagazine.com.ph | Jose Alvarez |José Álvarez

Think of some of the biggest books you might have had around your house. For some, it may be school textbooks. For others, maybe the dictionary or encyclopedia. But one book ruled over all of them—the phonebook. These phonebooks were distributed at regular intervals, easily reaching hundreds of pages. if you lived in a large enough area (i.e. Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao). But a repository of information so large disappeared overnight thanks to the Internet, for better and for worse.

1 month ago | gadgetsmagazine.com.ph | Jose Alvarez |José Álvarez

Flint: Treasure of Oblivion puts together something one may not expect out of a swashbuckling experience: a turn-based tactical RPG with comic book graphics mixed in. While this might not be everybody’s cup of tea, it does bring a fun aesthetic to a chaotic genre. Pirates and video games seem like a match made in heaven: sailing the seven seas with a crew, taking down enemies, and looting and plundering wherever you go.

2 months ago | crossroadstoday.com | Jose Alvarez |José Álvarez

Un grupo de al menos 120 elementos de la Guardia Nacional (GN) arribó este martes a Hermosillo, capital del estado de Sonora, para reforzar la seguridad en la frontera con Estados Unidos, luego del acuerdo entre la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, y el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump. El grupo llegó a bordo de un avión de la corporación federal, como parte de los 1.500 agentes que serán desplegados en los municipios fronterizos de Sonora.

Aug 7, 2024 | gadgetsmagazine.com.ph | Jose Alvarez |José Álvarez

The science of what makes a good racing game has evolved over the years—from simple games to full-blown setups that resemble an actual race car, it has been challenging to get real-life driving to translate to a video game. Whether you use a simple controller or go out of your way to make an entire race car setup, there are plenty of racing games available on the market.